Generative AI is rapidly changing the way we learn, work, teach, and create. This page highlights AI-related news, stories, initiatives, and resources from Tufts Technology Services (TTS). For AI news across all of Tufts, see Tufts Institute for Artificial Intelligence News and TuftsNow | Artificial Intelligence News.
A Course About the Big Bang Gets Its Own AI Tutor
May 26, 2026
What would it look like if a course had its own AI tutor—one that knew the lectures, the syllabus, the instructor’s voice, and, crucially, when not to answer certain questions? For Andrew West, professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Tufts Prison Initiative, that question became a semester‑long experiment in his large interdisciplinary course Big Bang to Humankind during spring 2026."
Writing Code Without Coding: How an Educational Technology Services Manager Uses AI to Build His Own Tools
May 24, 2026
When a project required coding, Jake Dempsey used to have two choices: figure out who to ask—or give up on doing it himself. Now, with the help of generative AI, he’s building his own solutions, writing functional scripts, and solving problems independently—all without formal programming training.